Akselis Vairogs

Akselis Vairogs

Personal information
Born	(1985-11-08) 8 November 1985 (age 39) Riga, Latvia
Nationality	Latvian
Listed height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
Playing career	2002–2017
Position	Shooting guard
Number	33
Coaching career	2017–present
Career history
Playing
2002–2005	Ventspils Augstskola
2005–2006	BK Valmiera
2006–2009	Ventspils
2009	BK Zemgale
2009–2010	Bordeaux
2010–2011	Ventspils
2011–2012	Śląsk Wrocław
2012–2015	Ventspils
2015–2016	Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2016–2017	Valmiera/ORDO
Coaching
2017–2019	BK Ventspils (assistant)
2019–2022	Kalev/Cramo (assistant)
2022	ERA Nymburk (assistant)
2023	Lietkabelis Panevėžys (assistant)
Career highlights
3× LBL champion (2009, 2014, 2016) BBL champion (2013)

Akselis Vairogs (born 8 November 1985) is a Latvian professional basketball coach and a former player, who played the shooting guard position.

Professional career

Vairogs started his career in Ventspils system playing for its farm-club Ventspils Augstskola. In the 2005-06 season, he was loaned to BK Valmiera where he became the top scorer of the Baltic Basketball League averaging 20.9 points in 31 games. ^[1]

He has spent most of his career playing for Ventspils, but Vairogs also played for Slask Wroclaw in Poland, and Zemgale Jelgava in Latvia and JSA Bordeaux Basket in France.

On 8 August 2014, he re-signed a contract with Ventspils. ^[2]

On 10 August 2015, he signed with Lithuanian club, BC Lietkabelis.

References

1. "Assist Sport Agency. Agencia, manager representación deportistas, jugadores baloncesto". Assist Sport Agency. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
2. "Ventspils re-signs team captain Vairogs". Welcome to 7DAYS EuroCup.^{[ dead link ]}

External links

• Eurocup Profile Archived 1 December 2024 at the Wayback Machine
• Akselis Vairogs at LNB Pro B (in French)
• Akselis Vairogs at FIBA ( archive )